Criminal Justice News

Thursday, November 05, 2015

California Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography

A Yuba City, California, man pleaded guilty today to
producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.
Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Benjamin
B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California, Special Agent in Charge Ryan
Spradlin of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security
Investigations (ICE-HSI) San Francisco Field Division and Chief of Police
Robert D. Landon of the Yuba City, California, Police Department.

Nathan Penner, 25, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District
Judge Troy L. Nunley of the Eastern District of California to one count of
production of child pornography.The
sentencing hearing is set for Jan. 21, 2016.

In connection with his plea, Penner admitted that he
produced sexually explicit photos and videos of a five-year-old girl in
September and October of 2012.Penner
further acknowledged that he had downloaded child pornography.Subsequent forensic analysis of Penner’s
computer and digital media revealed both the child pornography that he produced
and hundreds of other child pornography files.

This case is being investigated by HSI and the Yuba City
Police Department.This case is being
prosecuted by Trial Attorney Reginald E. Jones of the Criminal Division’s Child
Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Josh F. Sigal of the Eastern District of California.CEOS’ High Technology Investigative Unit
assisted with computer forensic analysis for the case.